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Darius Rucker Does It All

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Darius Rucker wasn’t expecting interruptions during his Grand Ole Opry set on the night of Oct. 2. He was nearly through with his performance, playing songs from his upcoming third album True Believers and enjoying the response from the sellout house. Then, Opry VP/GM Pete Fisher stood up in the audience, stopping the show and [...]

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Carrie Zaruba

Carrie Zaruba

What made Carrie Zaruba so tough, so able to express her feelings in song? Maybe it comes from always being the last kid when your class had to line up in alphabetical order? Whatever it was, she is rising into the Country Music sky, bright, fast and impossible to ignore. Her debut album, Woman on a [...]

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Tim McGraw Shifts Gears on Two Lanes of Freedom

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experian credit score range a href=”http://www.nashvillemusicguide.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130410-071535.jpg”> For more than two decades , Tim McGraw has been one of the Country format’s most consistent hitmakers. Yet with his latest album, Two Lanes of Freedom, the veteran artist feels as though he’s just getting started. “After the past 20 years of doing this, it’s interesting when you [...]

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Bucky Covington Blazes a Path toward Fire Safety

Bucky Covington and members of the Nashville Fire Department film the “Be a Hero/ Save a Hero” PSA in September.  

Photo credit: Tim Miller

Spectacular entrances are traditional at the CMA Awards along the Macy’s Walk of Stars, but it’s safe to say no one will soon top the 2012 arrival of Bucky Covington, who showed up aboard a vintage Nashville Fire Department truck as red flashers whirled. Aside from fulfilling every kid’s fantasy, Covington chose this vehicle to [...]

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Tumblr Sends Artists and Fans Head over Heels

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  In the ever-changing world of social media, Facebook and Twitter are still the undisputed leaders. And while Google cialis buy +, LinkedIn, MySpace and relative newcomer Pinterest all have their place, one platform is not-so-quietly making a notable surge. According to the digital marketing firm comScore, Tumblr is one of the fastest-growing, consumer-oriented Internet [...]

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Carl Black Keeps It Country with Kip Moore

Kip Moore relaxes on a Chevy Silverado in his video for “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck.”  

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That Chevy Silverado in Kip Moore’s “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck” video didn’t just happen to be out in that field when the cameras started rolling. No, it was borrowed from the Carl Black Chevrolet Automotive Group, whose support has helped shift more than a few young Country artists’ careers into high gear.

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Buffets Restaurants Cook with Country

Charlie Daniels displays his new project, Hallelujah It's Christmas Time Again, exclusively for purchase at all Buffet's Inc. locations.  All proceeds will go to the ASYMCA(r) Operation Outdoors, a camp which assists the children of deployed military personnel.

Charlie Daniels is among many who are already nostalgic for the days when you could explore new releases in a CD store. “Of course, I hated to see vinyl go away first,” he noted, smiling.Plenty of fans feel the same, which is one reason why Daniels’ partnership with Buffets Inc. feels right. With more than [...]

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“CMA Country Christmas” Hosted by Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland Airs for the Holidays on the ABC Television Network

John Legend and Jennifer Nettles at "CMA Country Christmas," live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, which airs Thursday, Dec. 20 on the ABC Television Network.

Two-Hour Special Features Performances and Fireside Interviews with Dierks Bentley, Colbie Caillat, Katherine Jenkins, Lady Antebellum, John  Legend, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery, The Band Perry, and Keith Urban   Some of the most powerful and emotionally moving voices in music come together to celebrate the holidays on “CMA Country Christmas,” which airs Thursday, Dec. 20 (9:00-11:00 [...]

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Dierks Bentley Dedicates a Day to CMA

Dierks Bentley performs at PS 103, The Hector Fontanez School, in the Bronx.  

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Through the CMA Songwriters Series, fans around the United States and abroad continue to experience first-hand the creativity of those behind-the-scenes Nashville pros who write hits for the stars. At most of these shows, they benefit as well from hearing one participant who straddles both sides of the line between writing and performing. That honor [...]

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